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FOREIGN.

A SPECIAL proclamation Issued by the Lord
Lieutenant and Privy Council OF lrelan
'proclaims' the Irish National League,
which is declared to promote AMI eX'.,t2 to
acts of violence and intimidation" and to be
dangerous
THREE prominent officers of til. Anecr o.
Afghanstan's army have been executed TO"
traitorous conspiracy.
THE marriage OF the Emperor of China has
been postponed for two years, owing tn the
illness of the Emperor.
DURING regatta on the Thames, bc:o~
London Bridge about thirty-five spectators
clambered upon n hay-laden barge. Ih.
ropes holding the tarpauliu cover gave way,
and all except one of the spectators were
thrown into the river and seventeen were
drowned.
A HEAVY rain storm caused an inHn Luton
of many streets in the city of Mexico.
THE Cabinet of Peru has resigned
WILLIAM OLDs, United States Consul at
Brockvile, Ontario, is dead. He Eat be-
for many years all editor at Richmond, Va.
Two men-Messrs. Lcfcvrc AMI lie FlcNr--
accompanied by three ladies and four chill
dren, were crossing the river near Bou, hr
vile, Canada, when their boat ups-t. The
men swan ashore, but the women ami chll
dren were drowned.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

CHARLES 2. MILLER, a prominent New
York lawyer and political reformer, and his
wife died together of pneumonia few morn
ings ago Mt their summer residence, New Lon
don, Conn.
PROFESSOR SPENCER F. BAIRD, Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution and United
States Fish Commissioner, died few days
since at Woods Holl, Mass, in his siXty-fth
year.
Mrs. MALvINA r. W. PAYNE and her
twenty-seren-yca old daughter Anna, n pub
lie school teacher, committed suicide toscthcr
at their residence in New York. When
found they had been dead in their locked
apartments several days. Their minds had
been unsettled by misfortune.
PROFESSOR n. A. ARCHER, of the Uaiver-
Sity of Pennsylvania, was drowned while
bathing near Atlantic City, n. j..
THE knights of Labor comprising District
Assembly ~, Of New York, hitherto the
staunchest supporters of General Master
Workman Powderly and the other high Off
cials of the Order, have elected a delegation
opposed to these officers to participate in the
General Assembly at Minneapolis next
October Many other Assemblies are re-
ported to have done likewise.
A NEW political party is to be started, Phil
adelphia being selected as its birthplace the
main object being to check undesirable i'm
migration. 1t will be known as the Ameri-
can party.
REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS T. CRAVEN, of the
United States Navy, retired, died at the
Charleston Navy Yard, at Boston, Mass,
few days ago, of heart disease, aged 50 years.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mr.. GLADSTONE has agreed to drive the nrst
pile of a bridge across the Dee.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, the noted colored
orator arrived recently in this country from
Europe.
THE Sultan Of Turkey gets along on the
modest income of lO,OOO,OJO year. lie is
thirty-eight years DID,
A. S. ABELL, the senior proprietor OF the
Baltimore Sun, is eighty-one years old ana
MANY times a millionaire. ...-.-
JOHN C. NEW, ex-Treasurer OF the United
States, has wholly recovered from the para ara
lytic stroke he sustained last winter. Mr..
New isproprietor Of the indianapolis Journal.
Mrs. PERRY, the widow Of Commodore Per.
nv. the hero of Lake Erie, is living quietly at
Stratford, Conn. Although beyond forescore:
she is still active and her faculties are not
greatly impaired.
JOSEPH FRANCIS, the famous inventor OF
life saving apparatus, who has long been
resident Of New Jersey, has gone, to San
Diego. California, to live permanently. Mr..
Francis is now eighty years old. He IS ac-
compan;ed by his son, who is past fifty years
old
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The Best Cooking School.

The mothers kitchen is the girls best
cooking school. The same hands that
make crazy quilts for amusement can
make rag carpets to cover home floors.
Rag carpets are just as aesthetic as crazy
quilts. The wa;htub is an excellent
gymnasium. Were it only a craze every
girl in the land would be taking lessons
on the washboard. If these are menial
occupations We have made them So.
They hurt the pride more than they do
the physical powers. These duties dis
tributed in family would not fall hard
upon any one member. 1t will be re-
membered that Mrs. Whitney in We
Girls makes one of them say of their neat
housekeeping "We could not tell
whether we dined in the kitchen OF
kitched in the dining-room. ."-Detr0A
Free Press.
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Oririn of Rice Throwing at We'd
dingS.

The Chinese Times gives the following
version of the origin of the custom OF
throwing rice at weddings: In the days
of the Shang dynasty, some 1900 years
B, c., there lived in the province of
Shansi most famous sorcerer called
Chao. 1t happened one day that Mr.:
P'ang came to consult the oracle, and
Chao, having OWNED by means of the
tortoise diagram, informed the trembling
P'ane that he had but six days to live.
Now, however much we may trust the
sagacity and skill of our family physician,
We may be excused if, in Il matter of life
and death, we call in second doctor for
q consultation, and, in such strait, it is
not to be wondered at that P'ang should
repair to another source to make sure
that there was no mistake. To the fair
Pcachblossom he went, young lady who
had acquired some reputation as a sor-
ccrcss. and to the tender feminine heart
unfoldcd the story of his woe. Her divi-
nation yielded the same result as Chao's;
in six days P'ang should die, unless, by
the exercise of her magical powers, she
COulu iNclI IllC Sdl'tSIlol'lS. AASt SH -
were successful, and on the seventh day
great was Chaos astonishmcnt, and still
greater was his modification and rage,
when he met P'ang taking his evening
stroll and learned that there lived a
greater magician than he: The story
Would soon get about, and unless he
could quickly pnt an end to his fair
rivals existence, his reputation would
lie ruined. And this was how Chao plot
ted against the life of peaehbCssOm.
lie sent a go-bctwcen to Pcachblos-
sons parents to inquire if their daugh-
ter was still unmarried, and receiving
az reply ply in the affirmative, he befooled
the simple parents into believing that he
had son who was seeking wife, and
ultimately he induced them to engage
peachblossom to hir, in marriage. The
marriage cards were duly interchanged
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TIE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
UNITED LABOR PAR TY.
Summary of the Proceedings Oh the
Syracuse Convention.

VI CiS
Syracuse Convention.
The State Convention of the United Labor
Party of New York, held at Syracuse, lasted
three DAYS. Henry George and Rev. DR.. Nc
Glynn took prominent part in the proceed
ings.
On the first day temporary organlZaGloh
was effected, On the second day the Con-
venton organized with John McMackin as
Permanent Chairman. The Committee on on
Credentials reported against the claims Oh an
Socialists to seats in the Convention. AlIer
deLate all the Socialists who claimed seaIS
were turned out of the Convention.
O.' the third day the following tcKet was
nominated For Secretary of State, henry
George, of New York; for Comptroller, VIC
tor A. Wilder, of Brooklyn, Kings Couhey' )
for Treasurer, Patrick H. CummlnS' OF All
sterdam Montgomery County: for Attorney
General, Denis c. Feely, of Rochester, Moh-
ro. County; for State Engineer AMI survey
or, Sylvanus H. Sweet, of Broome county,
formerly of Albany. ,,.
The platform favorS two distinct ana raul
cal changes i'll the political and economic au-
ministration of our Government: IL pro,
poses ''abolishing all taxes on industry anu
its products" and. "by the taxation
of land values to the exclusion OF lnl-
provements, to devote to the common use
AMI benefit those values which, arising not
from the exertion Of the individual but trom
th, grpwSh OF society, belong to the com'
muniry as whole"
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Fashion Notes.

Gauze fans are all the rage now.
For trimming, net, ribbons and flow
ers are used. 3
For young girls dresses of white mus
lin are in favor. ,-Gs55
Silk is worn more at present than for
several seasons past. $500
The jersey appears to be restored to
all its old-time favor.
Yokes are in such great favor that
even vests have yoke-like pieces at the
top. ~sF5y5s ~
Small pokes are pretty, and answer as. :
well the purpose Of bonnets as round
hats.
Lcghorn hats with very wide, soft
brims are much worn by ladies as well as.
children, 80
Gold or steel beaded panels, vests, cufs 8
and collars are worn on plush, velvet or g
silk costumes.
Lace jabots, with-a single revers OF
velvet, are much liked for the front Oh
dressy basques.
Stockings are an important article OF
dress, and more attention is given them
than ever before. s}sSas *
It is predicted that the high crowneds
hats will give place to hats with lower
crowns and wider brims. 80.
Collars and cuffs are worn with wooE3
dresses; the collars are high and straight,
or the points may be slightly turned
over in front. =.
Hamburg and nainsook embroideriest.
are thought we'll of by fashionables and !.
with the piece net to match is in consid-s
erable request.
The hair is now worn medium height,
and arranged in soft coils, or braidedS
round and round, and the Russian and
straight bangs are still popular.
Now that all plaids and checks are. in \
favor, the old-fashioned cross-barred
muslin has been revived, and very pretty
morning dresses are made from it. -
Shirred side breadths are seen upon the
skirts of dressy cotton fabrics. A wide
cluster of shirring is arranged just below
the belt, and another half way down the
skirt. -
Some of the color combinations OF the
present season are very vivid. An ex-5
ample was smoke-colored costume
which had vest and other trimmings OF
brilliant yellow. 4
Among the newest sashes those having
Pompadour stripes are seen. These show,
bands of satin strewn with small natural
colored flowers, alternating with plain
stripes of watered silk. @
What tailors designate as the "bandeds
bodice" but which is really only a belted
waist, is in high favor for toilets of all
descriptions, from simple tennis flannels-
and wash materials to elaborate dresses OF
embroidery and lace.
Sashes arc prominent feature OF many
toilets. The most popular widths are
from nine to eleven inches, though the:
broadest are fourteen inches in width. !
White, cream tinted and yellow are the
colors must used, and watcred ribbon
with picot edges is generally chosen.
AS Il substitute for steels in the skirts
of wash dresses, many ladies make petit
coats of striped dimity or coarse muslin
with bars of cords. These materials hold
starch we'll, are and arranged in founces
across the back of short underskirt,
which when tied back gives the effect
of full set of springs.
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NEWSY 'GLEANINGS.

KEY WEST, Fla, is recovering from the
scourge of yellow fever.
In THE city of Akron, Ohio, 6O,00O,0O0
matches are made daily.
THE Canadian Minister of Justice favors an
enlarged extradition treaty between Canada
and the United States
LocUsTS have devoured most of the corn
and sugar cane in Yucatan, and associations
have been formed to eXterminate the pests.
RUSSIA will celebrate, on October 3Oth, the
fiftieth anniversary of the opening of her first
railroad. That country now has 1900 miles
of railroad.
FIVE THOUSAND Indians arc expected at
Tacoma, Washington Territory, to assist In
picking the hop crop. Some of them come
from Alaska.
THE flame in q prairie fire in Manhattan,
ILL.,, reached a height of twenty or thirty feet
at times, and the fire spread faster than
man could run.
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FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Some Matters of Interest in
Other Countries.
A Great Demonstration Against the
Proclaiming Of the League.

A large meeting to denounce the Govern
ment's course was held in the Rotunda at
Dublin OH Tuesday evening. An immense
crowd was present and great enthusiasm was
manifested The Lord Mayor presided.
There were also two overflow meet
ings, at which Edmund Leamy and
7. P. Gill, NJ. P, presided. There
were present several English and Scotch
members of Parliament, including Messrs.
Jacob Bright, Cobb, Sutherland, Fenwick
and Haldane. Professor Galbraith, Prot
estant, moved resolution denouncing the
edict against the League, which was unanl-
mously carried.
The English members of Parliment present
advised Irishmen to be calm and to refrain
from collision with the law. Mr.. Dillon said
that in spite of proclamations the League
would continue to exercise what Mr.. Bal
four had called intimidation. Instead
of advising tenants to be reasonable,
they would advise them in future
to double their demands. Mr.. O'Brien
said that no Irishman was worth pinch Of
salt unless he trampled the proclamation I'M
der foot, but he advised calmness in the
struggle for freedom.
The sensation Of the evening was made,
however, by the speech of Mr.. Cobb, the Eng
lish member. of Parliament for Warwick.
He said that the time for words
had passed. and that it was now the
time for acts. He offered himself for member
ship in the National League, to stand or fall
with its fortunes. He also counseled steady
rebellion To the enforcement of unjust laws.
Mr.. Jacob Bright, NJ. p, the brother of
John Bright, also made some remarks con-
cerning the views of the English Liberals.
He declared himself ready to sustain
the League in its fight against the Gov
ernment. He advised great patience and self
control, but at the same time a steady re-
sistance to the proclamation. He said that
the tide was turning in England. If the
Irishmen only acted with patience he be-
lieved the hour of delivery was near at hand.
Before the proceedings closed the following
strongly worded resolution was passed by a
unanimous and most enthusiastic vote:
ReSolred That this meeting of the citizens
Of Dublin denounces in the face Of the civ
ilized world the proclamation of the Irish
National League as all INSCRIPTIONS at
tempt to drive the Irish people from the path
of peaceful and constitutional struggle
for their rights, and to disarm them of an
organization which has suppressed crime and
outrage, and awakened English democracy
to sympathy with the sufferings and aspira-
tions of the Irish people, and that we hereby
declare our determination never to submit to
so gross an outrage upon our constitutional
liberteSn
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but the crafty Chao had chosen the most
unlucky day he could select for the we'd
ding, the day when the "Golden Pheas-
ant" was in the ascendant. Surely as
the bride entered the red chair the spirit
bird would destroy her with his power
full bcak. But the wise Peachblossom
knew all these things. and feared not
81 will CO." she said: 81 will fight and
defeat him" When the wedding morn:
ing came, she gave directions to have
rice thrown out at the door, which the
spirit bird seeing made haste to devour,
and while his attention was thus occu-
pied, Peachblossom stepped into the bridal
chair and passed on her way unharmed.
And now the ingenious reader knows
why he throws rice at the bride. II
any interest has been engendered in his
breast by this tale of the fair Peach
blossom, let him listen to what befell
her at the house of the magician. Ar
rived at Chaos house. no bridegroom was
there, but an attendant was given her,
and the two girls prepared to pass the
night in the room assigned to thems
Peachblossom was wakeful, for she knew
that, when the night passed, the "Gold-
en- Phca ;ant" would be succeeded by the
"White Tiger" whose power and feroci-
ty who can tcll2 "Go you to bed first, !"
she said to the maid. The girl was soon
asleep, and still her mistress slept not,
but continued to pace the room, and at
midnight the tiger spirit came, the morn
ing light showed Peachblossom still pac-s
ing the room, while on the bed lay the.
lifeless body of the little maid. Thus
were the magic battles of Peachblossom
and Chao, and many more were there,
until they took their flight to heaven,
where now they reign as gods And on
the earth the actors have not idols more.
priced than those of Peachblossom and
Chao Kung.
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China's Dowager Empress.

F. H. Balfour gives the sketch of Tz'
u-hsi, the Dowager Empress of China ::
$50 thoroughly is she (the Empress re-
gent) said to throw off the restraints of
royalty as to practice archery, and is
even reported to have taken lessons in
boxing, attircd in a sort of bloomer cos
tune. Her appearance at the age Of
fifty, hitting out at her venerable precep-
tor, and, we presume, occasionally re-
ceiving punishment herself, must, to say
the least of it, cause some scandal to the
strait-laccd ccnsors, who recently remon-
strated with her on the undue smartness
of her head dress"
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Tho Witching Hour.

When the mantle of night DER the earth is
spreal
And the sky with its twinklinS gems is
starred,
aoain ON the roof of the backyard shed
The feline solo and chorus is heard;
Then the neigboring windows are upward
raised,
And whte-robcd forms through the gloom
We spy,
And swift from the hands of man half era ed
Tie showers Of boots and boo: jacks fly.
flushed for while are the lu.llbieS,
And the wrathful people go back to he'd;
But ere sweet sleep has sealed their eyes
The concerts resumed on another shed.
Boston Courier.
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South and West.

OLIVER ATKINS, aged 5, deliberately killed
Willie Hawkins, aged 3, at Memphis, Tenn,
by shooting him through the heart with re-
volver.
JERRY WHITE (coorcd), imprisoned at Val
entine, Neb.. for brutally assaulting an aged
white lady, was taken from Jail by a body of
masked men and hanged to telegraph pole.
Ex-SrAIE TREASURER VINCENT, of Ala
bama, has been sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment for embezzlement.
A FIRE has destroyed the business part of
Degraaf, Ohio, town of 1900 inhabitants.
THE Republican State Committee of Vir
ginia has issued long address to the people
of that State. signed by ex-senator William
Malone as Chairman.
THE Aurora, the largest wooden vessel on
the Great Lakes, has just been launched at
Cleveland. Her length is 80 feet.
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Her Failing.

All mothers-in- law are naturally inter
ested in knowing something about the
housekeeping capacities of their sons
wives, and some of them have amusing
but severe standards of excellence, be-
low which the daughtcr-in-law will not
fall If she is wise.
A critical old lady, visiting the wife OF
one of her sons for the first time, re-
turned home not altogether satisfied with
the result of her three weeks of keen
scrutiny and sly investigation:
''Shc's real nice, smart little woman,
Henry's wife is, said the old lady. 81
liked her very much, but Pm afraid
she'll never be no great housekeeper. |
peekcd into the corners and closets and
out-of-the-way places, and things was
spick and span enough I'll allow, but
noticed that she put soap on the fiannelss,
and rinsed the colored things through
but one water when she washed, and
Henry amt used to that kind of house
keeping. 1t want my way, bnt maybe
he won t mind, for it's bout the only fail
ing his wife has"
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Ferdinand Arrives in Sofia.

Prince Ferdinand, the new ruler Of Bull
garia, arrived in Sofia at 5 o'clock yesterday
evening On his arrival he received the
usual offering of bread and salt, and was pre-
sented with an address of welcome in behalf
of the municipal authorities. The route which
he took through the city was crowded with
people, who greeted the Prince enthusiast
cally. An artillery salute announced the
Princes arrival, and military guard of
honor escorted him to the palace. The city
was brilliantly Illuminated and there was q
display of fireworks
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Russian and Prussian Crops.

An official report says the prospects for the
Russian wheat crop of both winter and sum-
In the Government of Taurida, however,
they are unfavorable.
The Prussian Ministry of Agriculture anti
cipates the following yields: Wheat, 102 per
cent rye, 100 per cent; barley, "a per
cent. oats, IS per cent. peas, 81 per cent rape
seed, 80 per cent, rs against the following
yields last year: Wheat: 95 Ger cent; rye, 81
per cent; barley, 81 per cent; oats, 10l per
cent. PEAS, o. per cent; rape seed, 0S per
cent
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A Serious Riot at Ostend.

An affray arose between Belgian and Eng
lsh fishermen, at Ostend, Belgium and gen
darlnes were summoned to quell the dis
turbance The gendarmes charged upon the
mob with bayoncts and seriously wounded
many. A recurrence of the trouble is feared.
The Civic Guard is prepared for any
emergency.
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A STRANGE DISEASE,
Death of 200 Proplc.-Suspcnsion Of
Work

Work.
Information received from Mcdowell
County, w. Va. is to the effect that a
dreadful state of affairs exists in that
portion of the State and Southwestern
Virginia The drought has made the
waters very low, and the pecu!-
lar disease which has several times pre-
viously followed a drought, and which is
supposed to I've result of minerals in tie
water, has broken out. In the Dead Horse
Cave neighborhood there are over 100 cases,
with 30 ath.. Not family has es;: ped.
Crops are neglected and farm work is at q
stanistill, it requili ing the entire time of
every individual able to labor to care for the
sick and dead. 1t is estimated that 2G0 pep
pie have died in Mcdowell County alone in
the last four weeks from the disease.
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Forest Fires in Corsica

Forests OF Barella and Zambuco have been
destroyed by fire. Serious forest fires
have also occurred in twelve other comniunes
of Corsica. They are thought to have been
the work of incandi mis-.
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AMONG the recent graduates of the
Woman's Medical College in New York City
is Kin Yarnet, a Chinese girl, who had taken
the highest position in the class. She is an
accomplished scholar, able to converse and
write accurately in five languages.
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Floating Exhibition for South Amer
ico

A floating exhibition of Spanish products
will shortly leave Valencia, Spain, for South
America, and will visit oil tho principal
open up new markets for Spanish goods.
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THE people employed in and about the
mines Of Great Britain number 56l, ,OG9, of
whom 5,5GS are females working under
ground. The total number of deaths by ac-
cidaat last year was LOIS.
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They'll twine white gems around my neck,
III.

They'll lay my prayer-book in my hand,
All me, ah me!
They'll lay my prayer-book in my hand,
While shall calm and stately stand,
And hear the organ pealing grand;
And | shall neither faint nor fall,
But live and smile ON through it all.
All me, ah ME.
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They'll lead me to the altar rail,
All me, all me!
They'll lead me to the altar rail,
And my false lips will never fail,
Nor my false heart will never quail;
As | breathe DER those words Of old,
And sell myself for love of gold.
All me, ah me!
SATURDAY. Trdrelt